Government has selected 100 districts across the country where various measures will be taken to improve the child sex ratio, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said here today

In an effort to develop ghats along river Ganga as prominent tourist destinations, the tourism ministry on Monday proposed to renovate the ghats, introduce houseboats and build more dams, officials said.

Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal yesterday sat on an hour-long protest outside the house of union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, seeking an apology for his remark that the country needed more toilets than temples.

Speculation of a rejig in the Congress and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government increased Tuesday following reports that four ministers had offered to quit to work for the party. Two ministers later denied they had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi offering to quit